News and reports

From discussions with local people it was clear many were unfamiliar with pharmacies having ‘consulting rooms’. We were keen to raise awareness of this facility and to support staff and the people who use community pharmacy services.

We are pleased to see that West Sussex County Council are consulting on its draft vision and strategy for Adult Social Care from next year, and for two further years. Here is our formal feedback.

Healthwatch Feedback/Observations at the Minimum Income Guarantee Roundtable Consultation held at Aldingbourne Centre on 26 November 2018

Reporting on the experiences shared by local people in West Sussex
July - September 2018

This briefing shares the themes and information and advice around High Street and Community Specialist Dental Services, as part of the engagement for recommissioning these services.

Through our recent engagement we are hearing peoples' struggles to get information, advice and support to help them with their incontinence.  This led us to look at the issue more closely and report on our findings.

This briefing sets out what we are intending to do to follow-up on the previous report, looking at Adult Safeguarding in West Sussex, published in October 2016.

Financial Summary for 3rd Quarter of 2018/2019

Royal College of General Practitioners Report

Healthwatch attended a recent Friendship Tea and took the opportunity to speak with some of the younger and older people about what health and care means for them

We have come together, to understand what local people, with assessed support and care needs experience, following delivery changes to the way peoples’ contribution towards the cost of their care is worked out.

Here is our de-brief summary of our PLACE (Patient Led Assessments of the Care Environment) for 2018.